More Toy Fair 2012 news and photos

New Ghostbusters including Zuul and Vigo.



Pics from the Square Enix Play-Arts Kai booth, including Mass Effect and more Metal Gear.


More pics of the DC Universe Club figures:

Rocket Red to be first Oversized Figure!
Poison Ivy: date to be announced!
Black Mask: date to be announced!
Platinum and Tin: date to be announced!
Flash 1: Available 4/16 2012 only at MattyCollector.com
Metron with Mobius Chair: Available 4/16 only to subscribers of Club Infinite Earths
Atrocitus: Available 5/15 only at MattyCollector.com
Starman: Available 6/15 only at MattyCollector.com
Mirror Master: Available 7/16 only at MattyCollector.com

Details and pics of the Masters of the Universe figures, too.

Oh, and there's going to be a Figma Link:



Figures.com has a huge Neca photo gallery:

Neca's Half-Life and Team Fortress 2 toys

70 photos from Neca's Toy Fair 2012 booth, including Half-Life, Team Fortress 2, Resident Evil, and Borderlands. Also, Neca announced that they have the Prometheus toy license, and will also be making Colonial Marines from Aliens.

A glimpse of Neca's Half-Life and Team Fortress 2 toys

A glimpse of Neca's Half-Life and Team Fortress 2 toys.

Half-Life/Portal mashup

Half-Life/Portal mashup by Jade Law.

*Buy Portal toys at Amazon.

Half-Life fan film

Escape from City 17 by the Purchase Brothers. (Grim, violent, and convincing.) Via.

Link roundup

1. Six Amazon Kindle Screensavers based classic book covers and videogames. Via.

2. Intriguing Half-Life 2 mod.

3. New Batman preorders at the BBTS: Batman Legacy two packs; Hybrid Metal Figuration HMF004 - Batman (I posted this one last week I think).

Link roundup

1. A look at the WIP sculpture that will be Neca's Gordon Freeman action figure.

2. Driving in Nigeria:

Seeking to stem an epidemic of wrong-way driving, Lagos authorities have ratcheted up the standard $160 fine. Scofflaws now also face psychiatric evaluations. Contesting the charge can jack up the fine to $1,600—and you still get sent to a shrink.

And there's much more lunacy. Via.

3. "No Budget Indie Film Has Grossed $200K in iTunes Sales."

Half-Life fan film

Half-Life fan film with great effects (just fast forward through the brief acting). Via.

*Previously: Half-Life 1 and 2 in 60 seconds.

Lego Combine Strider (Half-Life)

Lego Combine Strider from Half-Life by Martin Latta. Via.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

A bold new direction for Mad Men (link roundup)

Mad Men/Batman mashup by Jeff Yorkes.

And a few more links:

1. You can listen to the entire Them Crooked Vultures album at the official site. (Scroll through the tracks in the Youtube video.)

2. Dog from Half-Life 2.

3. Announcement for a prohibition-themed Octoberfest party for Wieden + Kennedy.

*Previously: Joan Holloway paper doll.

*Buy Batman sketch cards at eBay.

Lion Creature sculpture (from Black and White)

Two creations by Richard Johnston.

First up, a Lion Creature sculpture made in 2009 as part of the character development for the video game Black and White:


Lion Creature by ~richardj on deviantART

Next, a life-sized gravity gun from Half-Life:


Gravity Gun by ~richardj on deviantART

Richard's comments are fascinating:

Just a few days before Christmas 2007, Peter Molyneux the boss of Lionhead Studios, gave me a call for a last minute Christmas present idea. He wanted me to make a 3D prop 'Gravity Gun' (as featured in the Half-life series of computer games) to give to one of his children!

I didn't have long to make it and it had to be lightweight, durable and with no sharp edges or easily breakable parts. I used plastic tubing, plastazote and thin plastic. I also used orange cellophane to mimic the gun's 'energy.'

See also this ninja figurine.

*Previously: Defense lawyer repeatedly used stun gun on client to test out case.

*Buy ray guns at eBay.

Lion Creature sculpture (from Black and White)

Two creations by Richard Johnston.

First up, a Lion Creature sculpture made in 2009 as part of the character development for the video game Black and White:


Lion Creature by ~richardj on deviantART

Next, a life-sized gravity gun from Half-Life:


Gravity Gun by ~richardj on deviantART

Richard's comments are fascinating:

Just a few days before Christmas 2007, Peter Molyneux the boss of Lionhead Studios, gave me a call for a last minute Christmas present idea. He wanted me to make a 3D prop 'Gravity Gun' (as featured in the Half-life series of computer games) to give to one of his children!

I didn't have long to make it and it had to be lightweight, durable and with no sharp edges or easily breakable parts. I used plastic tubing, plastazote and thin plastic. I also used orange cellophane to mimic the gun's 'energy.'

See also this ninja figurine.

*Previously: Defense lawyer repeatedly used stun gun on client to test out case.

*Buy ray guns at eBay.

Street art tribute to They Live (link roundup)

The FTW Crew posted several billboards in Berlin in honor of Rowdy Roddy Piper's classic They Live. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Alternate cover for Half-Life by Olly Moss.

2. Vinyl Pulse is giving away two nice vinyl toys.

3. Aside from being armored, Obama's limo carries an emergency supply of his blood. Via.

4. Tenacious Toys has the adorable tokidoki Adios & Ciao Ciao 9" Plush set available for preorder.

*Previously: Carefully placed "press for change" stickers.

*Buy Obama toys at eBay.

Toycutter updates

Recent updates at my action figure, miniature, and vinyl toy customizing site include:

1. Rorschach Munny.

2. Half Life Lego minifigs.

3. Young Frankenstein Munny.

4. Master Chief My Little Pony.

*Buy designer vinyl toys at Fugitive Toys.

Defaced Money: Aeon Flux and George Washington as Boba Fett and Gordon Freeman

Direct Flickr links.

Defaced Money: Aeon Flux and George Washington as Boba Fett and Gordon Freeman

Direct Flickr links.